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Ping Pong the Animation
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3-gatsu no Lion
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March Comes in Like a Lion and Ping Pong the Animation both explore what kind of people are capable of becoming professionals in a game of head-to-head competition. The characters all have different backstories, but nearly universal is some kind of hardship that motivated them to devote an incredible amount of time thinking about and practicing their craft. Simply wanting to be good at shogi/ping pong or loving the game is not sufficient -- in fact, it might be totally unrelated to the factors that make someone good enough to climb the ranks of pros. Along with this, the two shows explore the psychological toll that the constant fighting -- high stakes winning and losing -- has on competitors. Differences: Ping Pong has a very unusual animation style that makes its aesthetic unique, and it tells a story with one main arc about the protagonist and his friend. March Comes in Like a Lion is a broader story about damaged people helping each other through life. It's really striking in 3-gatsu that there are almost no bad guys and yet many characters have suffered a great deal in life -- it feels very realistic. 3-gatsu also has some story arcs that have basically nothing to do with shogi. By the time these stories develop, you're very invested in the characters and fond of them in the same way the protagonist is fond of them. Ping Pong is very good, but it's not quite as touching as 3-gatsu is. Both of these shows are sports anime, but they focus less on the details of tactics and strategy than most entries in this genre. Instead, the games are a way to look at unusual people under stress and how they handle sustained pressure.